DOS ain't dead

New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. (Announce)

posted by Arjay, 19.06.2010, 18:41
(edited by Arjay on 19.06.2010, 19:17)

> Johnson Lam has posted an updated DRIVERS.ZIP file dated 16-Jun-2010
> on his website at <http://johnson.tmfc.net/dos/driver.html>.

Whilst hunting out further SYS drivers as fodder to test with; I happened to notice in passing that ibiblio.org are now very behind on your recent driver releases. Indeed the latest drivers.zip available on ibiblio.org is named drivers-27nov2009.zip.


> It is now obvious USBDRIVE will never call UIDE for caching.
Watching this unfortunate situation deteriorate further saddens me as I realize the only people losing out are the very end users that I can clearly see you both care about.

> UIDE shall now ignore a /E switch, and its "external entry" routines
> have now been summarily deleted.
>
> But for USB units, this change does not affect any UIDE users, as in
> fact, no other drivers ever called UIDE's "external entry" routines.

Whilst I whole heartily commend what I know are very good intentions on your side to prevent risks of data corruption, you are removing more functionality.*** Once you start removing functionality without any end user benefit people just start looking at alternatives or they stick with earlier versions instead ***

> UIDE.SYS shall now be 111 bytes smaller!
Whilst I like small programs, I am sorry but I can't personally see an upgrade benefit.

> Sad, but I realize how little DOS device-driver work is done, today.
The same could be said of DOS development in general. Sadly I think unless you and Bret can seek some middle ground (i.e. take more of a black box approach to each others work) then all you are likely to achieve from your collective efforts is simply to alienate/encourage more people to just give up on DOS which surely is exactly not what either of you wish to do, is it?

Complete thread:

• New UIDE Available -- No "Removable" HARD Disks! - Jack, 11.06.2010, 22:29 (Announce)
  • New UIDE Available -- No "Removable" HARD Disks! - Arjay, 12.06.2010, 01:55
  • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Jack, 18.06.2010, 06:01
    • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 18:41
      • "Black Box" Approaches. - Jack, 19.06.2010, 20:51
        • UIDE mirrored on iBiblio.org for FreeDOS - Rugxulo, 19.06.2010, 21:47
        • "Black Box" Approaches. - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 22:27
          • "Black Box" Approaches. - Jack, 19.06.2010, 22:54
            • "Black Box" Approaches. - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 23:28
          • "Black Box" Approaches. - bretjohn, 21.06.2010, 23:35
          • "Black Box" Approaches. - bretjohn, 22.06.2010, 18:26
        • latest UIDE etc. (June 16, 2010) now mirrored on iBiblio.org - Rugxulo, 29.06.2010, 13:43
          • Latest UIDE etc. (July 4, 2010) - Arjay, 06.07.2010, 23:57
      • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Khusraw, 19.06.2010, 22:12
        • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Arjay, 19.06.2010, 23:15
          • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Khusraw, 20.06.2010, 01:35
            • New UIDE Update -- "External Entry" Logic Deleted. - Arjay, 20.06.2010, 04:17
              • pax vobiscum (aka, peace sells but who's buyin'?) - Rugxulo, 22.06.2010, 08:40
          • Recalling a sugestion - Khusraw, 20.06.2010, 02:58
            • Recalling a sugestion - Arjay, 20.06.2010, 03:29
            • Recalling a sugestion - rr, 20.06.2010, 13:49
  • New UIDE Available -- No "Removable" HARD Disks! - sol, 05.07.2010, 17:48
    • New UIDE Available -- No "Removable" HARD Disks! - RayeR, 17.07.2010, 16:51